Luxembourg Division Nationale | 02/09 15:00 | 16 | Jeunesse Esch vs Progres Niedercorn | - | View | |
Luxembourg Division Nationale | 02/16 15:00 | 17 | UT Petange vs Jeunesse Esch | - | View | |
Luxembourg Division Nationale | 02/23 15:00 | 18 | Jeunesse Esch vs Swift Hesperange | - | View | |
Luxembourg Division Nationale | 03/02 15:00 | 19 | FC Mondercange vs Jeunesse Esch | - | View | |
Luxembourg Division Nationale | 03/09 15:00 | 20 | Jeunesse Esch vs US Hostert | - | View | |
Luxembourg Cup | 03/12 16:00 | 4 | Jeunesse Esch vs Progres Niedercorn | - | View |
Total | Home | Away | |
---|---|---|---|
Matches played | 36 | 17 | 19 |
Wins | 18 | 9 | 9 |
Draws | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Losses | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Goals for | 59 | 33 | 26 |
Goals against | 49 | 21 | 28 |
Clean sheets | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Failed to score | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Jeunesse Esch (full name Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette) is a professional football club based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. The side play in the National Division, the highest league in the country, and have won the league title on 28 occasions between 1921 and 2010, the most of any team in Luxembourg.
The club was founded in 1907 as Jeunesse la Frontière d'Esch in reference to the proximity of their stadium to the border with France. "La frontière" was dropped to give the club its current name in 1918, which it retained until World War II, where the Nazi regime implemented the German name SV Schwarz-Weiß 07 Esch and the club had to play in the Gauliga Moselland, finishing runners-up in the 1943–44 season. After the liberation of Luxembourg, the name reverted to AS la Jeunesse d'Esch.
Historically, Jeunesse Esch has been the most successful side in Luxembourgish football. They have won the National Division on 28 occasions: first in 1921, and most recently in 2010. This is a national record, unless Racing FC Union Luxembourg's many predecessor clubs are counted together (they won a total of 28, divided between six incarnations). Jeunesse has also won the Luxembourg Cup on twelve occasions, second behind the fourteen won by FA Red Boys Differdange (now a part of FC Differdange 03). In total, they have completed the coveted Double on eight occasions.
They first entered the European Cup in 1958, but like most of Luxembourg's clubs, failed to pass the preliminary rounds of the competition. Their most famous result came in the early stages of the 1973 competition when they held then-UEFA Cup holders Liverpool to a 1–1 draw at home before losing the second leg 2–0 at Anfield.
Jeunesse have continued their success into recent times, being one of the top three Luxembourgish clubs, along with F91 Dudelange and FC Etzella Ettelbruck, of the past few years. However, the club had a disastrous 2006–07 season, in which the club finished ninth, and only just avoided a relegation play-offs.